Integrating herbivore assemblages and woody plant cover in an African savanna to reveal how herbivores respond to ecosystem management

• Melissa H. Schmitt ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: keenanstears@ucsb.edu (KS); melissa.h.schmitt@gmail.com (MHS)

  Affiliations Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, South African Environmental Observation Network, Ndlovu Node, Scientific Services, Kruger National Park, Phalaborwa, South Africa

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• Keenan Stears ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: keenanstears@ucsb.edu (KS); melissa.h.schmitt@gmail.com (MHS)

  Affiliations Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, South African Environmental Observation Network, Ndlovu Node, Scientific Services, Kruger National Park, Phalaborwa, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1012-5838

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• Mary K. Donovan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• Deron E. Burkepile,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, South African Environmental Observation Network, Ndlovu Node, Scientific Services, Kruger National Park, Phalaborwa, South Africa, Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

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• Dave I. Thompson

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations South African Environmental Observation Network, Ndlovu Node, Scientific Services, Kruger National Park, Phalaborwa, South Africa, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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